Comprised by members of Dilly Dally, Odonis Odonis and Mexican Slang, Peeling is a new Toronto super-group of sorts that’s about to release their debut EP ‘Rts in Paradise’ on Buzz Records.  Single Leisure life plays with dissonance, odd tempos and seriously tense atmosphere to deliver a satisfying, modern post punk sound. Don’t miss their upcoming show at Bovine Sex Club on September 25.

Soccer Mommy (Sophie Allison) plays lo-fi bedroom pop soaked in melodic ennui. Today she’s featured on OhMyRockness.com, check it out!

Quirky production is something we relate to here at The Deli NYC – maybe because, in the not too distant past, that’s what stellar local bands like Talking Heads and They Might Be Giants pulled off in rather epic ways. In the last year, Wingtip (Nick Perloff-Giles), has been releasing a series of dancy singles that found hundreds of thousand of online lovers, showcasing in each one of them an interest in slightly bending the rules of electronic dance music. None of them however is quite as quirky as this new single Rewind (streaming below) which features Sophie Strauss’ youthful and chilled vocals. The song departs from Wingtip’s dance-soul leanings, featuring a more indie pop approach that suits the vocalist’s style and the track’s content: "it’s a song about love and loss, but also just about how things change slowly, and you don’t notice until you pick your head up and wonder what happened." Wingtip just announced a fall tour whose NYC leg is scheduled at Output on November 10.

We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!

What if you spun your dial to the left and accidentally picked up a radio transmission from Mars? I’d like to think it’d sound something like The Two Lip‘s latest release "Repeat," a blitzed out garage rock track whose screeching opening sounds like it was snatched from a 1950’s outer-space B-movie. Despite the extraterrestrial leanings, the Austin-based three piece’s music is definitely of this earth–grounded primarily by heavy, fuzzy guitar riffs that cut the listener down with a visceral force. Though the track deals in garage hooks, the band blends in strong psych rock elements keeping things weird and oddly compelling. If music for funky martians is maybe your thing, check out "Repeat" streaming below.-Olivia Sisinni 

Despite the word “slow” in their moniker, NYC based duo band Slow Sugar is reeling in listeners at supersonic speed with the release of their single “Pieces” (streaming below). Following the triumphant debut of “Hypnotic Love” (also streaming, released about a month ago), “Pieces” will drown your ears in a sea of rich harmonics born from cascading chord progressions, a sonorous, downtempo beat, and Danielle Harris’ sensual, soulful vocals. Catch them live at Rockwood Music Hall on October 4 and get ready—an EP is underway. – Ashley Muniz

NYC based singer songwriter Beccs may hail from Boston, but she sure strikes a very Manhattan chord with her first official video for single ‘Therapy" (streaming below). Dripping with orchestral and even operaic character, this is a soulful song about the damage created by the duplicity of human impulses, written after a long period of healing, which – unsurprisingly – ended up bringing Beccs a period of intense artistic inspiration. ‘Therapy’ will be featured in the artist’s upcoming album Unfound Beauty (out on September 21st), whose release will be celebrated at the Mercury Lounge on September 25th..

The Deli NYC is delighted to premiere this deliciously lo-fi and bizarrely sci-fi video of ‘Sprout,’ a recent single by our current Artist of the Month Color Tongue. The colorful, heavily tactile sequence of images perfectly matches the song’s organic sound, based on a vivid amalgamation of Devo-esque synths, crunchy guitars, and vocals that straddle the line between ’60s pop and avant-psych a la’ Animal Collective. This is music in which fun, imagination and catchiness go hand in hand (in hand) – what else can you ask for? Oh right… a great live show! You’ll have that on October 10th at The Knit!

What we want to see in an emerging band (and rarey notice) is constant improvement. And if somebody thinks constant improvement shouldn’t be something that hard to achieve (don’t we all constantly improve, after alll, at least for a while, if we keep at it?) well, that somebody is dead wrong. Yes, because making music (and art in general) means embracing a lifestyle of up and downs that often leaves the artist devoid of inspiration and creative energy: this happens because these days the products of creativity are nearly impossible to sell, and that’s utterly depressing. Therefore to keep improving, as an artist, you’ve gotta be strong inside, have a separate job, keep a your art, believe in the dream when all evedence seems to point to doubt. 
That’s why Pop & Obachan deserve huge praise: after releasing a great EP in 2015 (which was named NYC record of the month by this very blog), they recently dropped two beautifl new singles accompanied by self produced videos (we are streaming ‘I Bet High" below, you can check out ‘Bad Way’ here) that show further progress, without losing any of their charmingly fresh and honest pop sound, which draws influence from Fleetwood Mac, Broadcast, Harry Nilsson and Camera Obscura. On October 7 they’ll release their debut album Misc. Excellence, and celebrate at Our Wicked Lady with a live show on October 13. If you dig this song, go out to support them – that’s what keeps the creative vibe going!

In his three tracks so far, emerging NYC RnB artist Lamont Sincere has demonstrated an ability to write songs that have the non entirely vicious ability to get stuck in heads. His debut single "Above and Beyond," released last year, introduces his soaring vocals alongside a glittering synth-heavy production. His most recent song, "Huge Flirt" (streaming) keeps the electronic flavor, but is a little grimier, featuring more percussion and referencing classic Usher tacks. Sincere also has a knack for striking lyrics about romantic situations that most people can relate to. Lamont played SOB on August 30th, keep an eye on his Facebook profile for upcoming gigs. — Henry Solotaroff-Webber

Ww just stumbled upon this very pretty video (directed by Miranda Javid) by the Baltimore based duo, Peals, comprised by William Cashion (Future Islands) and Bruce Willen (Post Typography/Double Dagger). "Become Younger" is the first single from the new album "Honey," the bands’ sophomore album dropping today. The band will celebrate with a release party at the Compound, do not miss!

We called Brooklyn’s Uni Ika Ai (pronounced: oo-knee ee-kuh eye) "dream pop’ in July, but their new single ‘Soft in Ice,’ whose video we are streaming below, paints a more complex picture, one of a band not afraid to experiment with not so popular BPMs (the plodding "mid tempo") and harmonic content (dissonance, noise, and an initial melody that’s not exactly a ray of sunshine), but still able to resolve these dark tensions through a chorus that delivers a big "prog-chestral" melodic opening, leading to a dissonant distorted sax solo that David Bowie would have loved to hear. The black and white (but mostly black) visuals beautifully underline the existential content of the lyrics. This would definitely be a candidate to be our video of the month if we only had such a thing!

With a name bound to trigger confusion (not only with a similarly named bands from the ’60s… check out this Spotify profile!), Brooklyn’s Birds channel a sound more than slightly influenced by the imaginative ’90s psych rock of The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, bands that for truly incomprehensible reasons have been left behind in the recent ’90s rock revival (for the unaware, at the time The Flaming Lips were a different band than they are now). The crooked distorted sliding guitars and bizarre vocal melodies of tracks like Fade (streaming) or Behind You immediately brought smiles to our faces, sending us on a mental journey back to our vynil filled early twenties. If it’s true that all new music is a re-elaboration of music of the past (and true it is) Birds can enjoy the advantage of a sound influenced by great records not many other current emerging bands seem fond of. And that’s one reason why we are so excited about them. Check them out live at Union Pool on October 9th.